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| Me as an Ignorant Ass Homeschool Parent |
As shared in multiple other posts, the bottom line in doing this homeschooling adventure is to provide KJ and Dy the absolute best start in life that I am capable of providing for them. There is no more important mission in my life than helping them become happy, independent adults.
To this end, in January 2017, I shifted my focus from reading blogs of other homeschool parents to reading blogs by adults that were homeschooled themselves (especially girls). The posts from adults that were homeschooled are like After Action Reports (AARs) that I did in the Army .... once an action is over, you reflect on what went wrong, right, and what could have been done better.
As expected, there were positive and negative experiences, and lots of great pieces of advice that I'm actively incorporating. However, what struck me was the vitriol in some of the publicly shared stories. They were composed of sheer anger, bordering on hatred for their parents at "what had been done to them." This scared the hell out of me. Sure, some kids grow up to hate their parents, homeschoooled or not, but this group of posts hinted a much deeper pain, stemming from a sinister plot.
I began to peel back the onion on these anger/hateful posts and learned of an entire sub-culture that I was ignorant of. A sub-culture that actually subjugates women! What the fuck? Fuck you! Sorry, I had to vent.
Being raised by a single-mom, it has been my mission to help foster the growth of women who can carry on, on their own, as they see fit as my mom did without relying on someone else. The entire notion of a girl being raised in an environment where they are taught to be subservient to a man is damn sick to me. Homeschool Environments where this is norm and intent are in dire need of socialization. This is where my ignorance of an entire sub-culture bit me. In my ignorance, I just never considered that homeschooling would be used for such a diabolical means, controlling a human being (referred to Totalism). All of you who do this are sick fucks and should die.
It is heartbreaking to read the stories of this group of homeschooled women. To them I say, "Thank you." Thank you for sharing your stories to help highlight a horrible problem that our societal construct makes possible. I can see the rationale, and passion source, behind your push to put more standards and oversight into the home education environment to help protect children from such caustic environments. However, I don't agree with adding more rules into the system. What happened to you is child abuse and negligence, and there are already laws and mechanisms to handle such things. Maybe they don't work well, and most certainly they don't work in 100% of the cases (child abuse and negligence happen even to public schooled children), but putting into the hands of bureaucrats the education of my girls wouldn't be best for them. What is the right solution? Creating awareness, just as you're doing. Keep sharing as you feel comfortable. I wasn't aware of this problem, but now I am and will stay vigilant in my circles for such bullshit, calling it out when I see it.
If you're ignorant of this problem, as I was, here is a good starting point to remedy this:
https://homeschoolersanonymous.org/
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